Metal tie



'H. A. STOCKSTILL/ METAL TIE. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4.1919.

- Patented July 1, 1919.

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HERMAN a. stroeksrrrm, or TOLEDO, 01-110, sssrenon or ONE-I-IALF r0 THOMAS L.

- errronn, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

METAL TIE.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that l, HERMAN A. S'roeK- strnm, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Metal Ties, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to rail supporting anchoringdevices, more particularly the simultaneous additional anchoring of said This invention has utility when incorporated in two-part structural shape metal ties.

Referring: to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a transverse section of the metallic tie device of the invention herein, shown as carrying the rails over a bridge or other superstructure;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the two members of the tie in anchoring position;

i Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the pair of tie members as coming into position for holding;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section. adjacent an end View with parts broken away; and

Fig. is a medial section.

The bridge or other structure mayhave carrying I-beains 1 having; theflang'es 2 upon which rest the channel tie members 3, 4. The channel tie member 3 has the base flange 5 with a pair of downwardly thrown projectiol'is or hooks 6, 7. The upper flange of this channel member 3 carries tlai'ige S which has projections or engaging means 9, 10, similar to the lower projecting or engaging: means 6, 7 and extending open in the same direction as said lower engaging means. The opposing or companion channo] member t carries the lower flange 11 which has the downwardly extendingprojections or hook engaging, means 12, 13, while its upper flange 1.4 carries the projection or hook engaging means 15, 16. As with the channel member 3, the projections 12, 13, below and 15, 16, above of the channel member 4-, all are open or project in the same direction, which direction in assembly with the channel member 31s opposite to the direction of opening of the engaging means or legs 6, 7, 9 and 10. r-irccordinggly these projecting means oppose each other Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1. acre.

Applicatiohfiled February 4, 1919, Serial No. 274,885.

in pairs, one pair extends above and one pair adjacent each end below.

.At one end, the web of each channel menr her is notched to provide a seat 17, while the corresponding end of the. opposing channel member having its web thereagainst has such web cut away to provide a. projecting. portion .18 bent back in the form of a hook. Centrally each channel member is shown as having its web cut away to provide a trapezoidal, opening 19, the parallel sides of which opening 19 has flangesprojeeting outwardly away from the web. The flange, or lug 20 from the wider side of the trapezoidal opening 19,'projects. away from the web of the channel member 3 between the flanges 5 and 8 of such channel member, while the lug or projection 21 from the opposite parallel side of the trapezoidal opening 19 oppositely projects, or in itsextent is away from the lug oi? the channel member 3 and through the wider 'iortion of the opposing trapezoidal opening 19 of the chan nel 4.

These narrower 111,1 projections 21 are little longer than the wider lug projections 20 so that the holes through the pairs of lugs 20, 21, maybe in alinemcnt for receiving bolt 22, drawn up into position by the nut 23 which not only holds the book 18 into engagement for holding the pair of channel members against relative transverse displacemenh but further lockssueh pair of channel members against relative longitudinal movement.

In practice, it may be preferable to have the base of this double channel tie member broader than the upper or rail supporting portions. This would require the rolling of special, or departure from standard, shape.

To more closely approximate standard rolled structural steel shape, the lower flange 5 of the member 3 may correspond to the upper flange thereof as shown in Fig. 4, with the upper flange 8. Likewise, as to the opposing channel member 4:, its upper flange 24 (Fig. 5) may correspond with the lower flange 11 thereof. In the operation of the rail members by drawing them into assembled position through the action of the locking bolts :22, the lugs at the lower side si multaneously engage the Strur'j and support ing I-beams l as the flanges 26 of the top T-rail 27 are also engaged. There is accordingly, with a single operation, a firm anchoring of theties, not only as to the support, but as to the members supported.

lVhat is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A railroad track comprising flanged base rails, a flanged carrying girder extending in the general direction of a rail and therebelow, nd a tie extending transversely of the rail and girder,said tie including a pair of members longitudinally movable to ward each other into assembled relation to engage the girder and thereby lock the tie to the girder.

2. A railroad track comprising flanged base rails, a flanged carrying girder extending in the general direction of a-rail thereover, and a tie therebetween extending transversely of the rail and girder, said tie including a pair of members, one of said members having on its upper and lower sides engaging means open in one direction, the other member having engaging means on its upper and lower sides open in the other direction, said members adaptedt'or longitudinal movement toward each other into assembled relation to bring said -engaging means oppositely into action for anchoring the girder to the tie and the tie to the rail. I

3. A structural metal tie comprising a pair of similar channel members, each memher having a notch in its web from one end and a hook inwardly open at the other end, said web between said hook and notch having an opening tern'iinating toward one end of the channel in a lug extending away from the Web, and locking means coacting between a lug of each channel member and a lug of the other channel member with said channel members coacting for assembly web to welo and the flanges outwardly extending therefrom, the lug of one channel member projecting through the opening of the other channel member and having clearance as to second channel member provided with a hook engaging said notch, at the other end of said tie said first channel member having a hook and the second channel member having a notch, each channel membenhaving a central opening terminating toward its hook with a lug extending between its llangcs, and terminting toward its notch with 1] lug extending away from its flanges, whereby in assembly, a lug of each channel member extends through the opening of the other chalinel member, and locking means engaging the lugs. y

A tie channel member having a central trapezoidal opening in the web thereol', the paralleljsidesof said opening having oppositely'extending lugs. 3

6. Thecombination ol :1 pair of tie channel members each having a central trapezoidal opening m the web thereol", the parallel sides of each opening having oppositely extending lugs, each lug from the longer of the parallel sides extending away from the web in tlio tlirectibn oi the channel llangcs, and each lug from the shorter ol the parallel sides, extending from its web through the opening 0t: theothcr channel member, each of these latter lugsbeing an inner member of a pair of opposing lugs of which said first,

lugs are the outer members, and holding means enacting with the lugs l'or maintaining the members assembled.

In witness wl'iercol' l allix in signature.

- HERMAN A. ,"rockwrinn 

